Kym – great shot of the two bee-eaters each with prey. So it’s sad to possibly disillusion you by pointing out that the male bee-eater (the one on the left
of your photo with the longer tail streamers) is in fact holding not a bee but a fly [looks like either a syrphid (hover-fly) or tabanid (March-fly) to me]. The female is indeed holding a bee!
Cheers,
Harvey
From: kym bradley [
Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2013 12:17 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Spotted Harrier and Bee Eaters
Hi
Wonderful day for the first of the year, spotted and photographed many birds species, two that stood out to me was the spotted harrier and a pair of rainbow bee eaters both
with beaks holding bees
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